The process whereby rocks are broken down by chemical and physcial forces, sediments are moved by wind, water, gravity, sedminented and reformed into rock, and then crushed, folded, melted and recrystallized into new forms

Sedimentary Rocks

Deposited material that remains in place long enough or is covered and with enough material to compact into stone

Sedimentation

The deposition of organic materials or minerals by chemical, physical or biological processer

Powerful winds or currents of air that circulate in shifting flows, similar to oceanic currents in extent and effect on climate

Ozone

A highly reactive molecule containing three oxygen atoms, a dangerous pollutant in ambient air. In the stratosphere, however, ozone forms an ultraviolet absorbing shield that protects us from mutagenic radiation

Stratsophere

The ozone occurring in the stratosphere 10-50 km above the Earth's surface

Tornadoes

A violent storm characterized by strong whirling winds and updrafts, tornadoes from when a strong cold front pushes under a warm moist air mass over land.

Warm Front

A long, wedge-shaped boundary caused when warmer advancing air mass slides over neighboring cooler air parcels

The process whereby rocks are broken down by chemical and physcial forces, sediments are moved by wind, water, gravity, sedminented and reformed into rock, and then crushed, folded, melted and recrystallized into new forms

Sedimentary Rocks

Deposited material that remains in place long enough or is covered and with enough material to compact into stone

Sedimentation

The deposition of organic materials or minerals by chemical, physical or biological processer

The process whereby rocks are broken down by chemical and physcial forces, sediments are moved by wind, water, gravity, sedminented and reformed into rock, and then crushed, folded, melted and recrystallized into new forms

Sedimentary Rocks

Deposited material that remains in place long enough or is covered and with enough material to compact into stone

Sedimentation

The deposition of organic materials or minerals by chemical, physical or biological processer